OVERALL PROGRAMME 10th Igorot Cordillera BIMAAK-Europe (ICBE) Consultation
10th Igorot Cordillera BIMAAK-Europe (ICBE) Consultation
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
July 26-29, 2019
OVERALL PROGRAMME
Theme: Celebrating 17 Years of ICBE’s Existence and Appreciating Abra’s Land, People & Culture
Venue: Nassaukerk, De Wittenstraat 114. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Host: MABIKAs Foundation-The Netherlands
DAY 1,July 26, 2019 (Friday)
Registration & Opening Programme
In-charge: MABIKAs Foundation- The Netherlands (MABIKAs)
14:00 – 17:00 Arrival and Registration: Renijune Abaya, Tessie Gayao, Romelita Heitlager-Gumatic, Christina T. Moncado (MABIKAs Netherlands)
17:00 - 18:30 Dinner
18:30 - 22:00 Opening Programme (Plenary) Moderated by Averil Pooten-Watan (Igorot UK)
Opening Ritual: Archibald Nabus (Benguet Organization-UK) and Cesar T. Taguba (MABIKAs-NL)
Cordillera Hymn, Philippine National Anthem & Wilhelmus
Welcome Remarks: Myra Zymelka-Colis, MABIKAs Founding Chairperson
Remembering ICBE participants who passed on: Grace Nabus (BO-UK)
Turnover of Responsibility of Hosting the Conference: Rosmar Gibson-Smith, President, Cordillerans in Rome to Myra Zymelka-Colis, Chairperson of MABIKAs-NL
19:00 - 19:30 Celebrating 17 Years of ICBE’s Existence
Facilitated by Cesar T. Taguba (MABIKAs NL)
Video: ICBE Through the Years
Reactors: Conchita B. Pooten (Igorot UK) & Marivonne P. Cuyob (Cordi-Bel)
19:30 - 19:50 ICBE Souvenir Book Launch
Facilitated by Yvonne Belen (MABIKAs-NL)
19:50 - 20:10 Updates and Announcements
Igorot Global Organization Update
Gloria Bawaan-Simon, President, Igorot Global Organization (to be read by Ingerith Pooten-Masferre)
Briefing on the Programme and Announcements
℅ Yvonne Belen
House Rules ℅ Renijune Abaya (MABIKAs-NL Board Treasurer)
20:10 - 22:00 Introduction of participants per country (or organization)
DAY 2, July 27, 2019 (Saturday)
Morning Session (Plenary)
Moderated by Marivonne P. Cuyob
9:00 - 09:15 Registration of Newcomers
In-charge: Renijune Abaya, Tessie Gayao, Romelita Heitlager-Gumatic
9:15 - 9:25 Welcome Remarks & Introduction of Newcomers
Marivonne P. Cuyob
9:25 - 9:30 Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Amorsola Gayuchan (United Kingdom)
9:30 - 9:45 Keynote Address: Celebrating 17 Years of ICBE’s Existence
Yvonne Belen, 10th ICBE Overall Coordinator & MABIKAs Board Member
9:45 - 9:50 Introduction of Speaker
Cristobal Agnaonao (Cordi-Bel)
9:50 - 10:15 Appreciating Abra’s Land, People & Culture
Christina T. Moncado (MABIKAs-NL)
10:15 - 10:25 Presentation of Abstract of a Masters Thesis
The Medium is an Interface: How image-as-interface surfaces the layers in photographs of the Igorot European Expositions (1887-1913)
Doris Wilson
10:25 - 11:45 Workshop Discussion Groups (Including Coffee/Tea Break)
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Our Advocacies
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ICBE Consultation and its Future
11:45 - 12:05 Group Reporting by the Workshop Recorder or Facilitator.
12:05 - 12:15 Synthesis of Workshop Reports by Averil Pooten-Watan (Igorot UK) & Grace Nabus (BO-UK)
12:15 - 13:30 LUNCH BREAK
Afternoon Session (Cultural Workshop)
Moderated by Mark Watan (Igorot UK)
13:30 - 13:45 Assembly and Orientation to the Cultural Workshop
13:45 - 16:15 Cultural Workshop (Including Coffee/Tea Break
Mountain Province: ℅ MABIKAs-NL
Abra: ℅ Janet Barcena & Luniza Taoil (MABIKAs-NL)
Benguet: ℅ Benguet Organization UK (Grace & Archibald Nabus)
Ifugao: ℅ Cordi-Bel
Kalinga: ℅ Mark Watan (Igorot UK)
17:00 - 22:00 Igorot Cordillera-European Cultural Night
(See separate programme)
DAY 3, July 28, 2019 (Sunday)
Historical-cum-Cultural Tour
The participants went on a tour of the city.
DAY 4, July 29, 2019 (Monday)
Closing Programme
Moderated by Jane Klee-Morgens (Germany)
9:30 - 10:00 Community Singing
10:00 - 10:20 Partial Financial Reports
Yvonne Belen, Myra Zymelka-Colis, Renijune Abaya
10:15 - 11:00 Verbal Evaluation by the participants
11:00 - 12:00 Closing Ceremony
℅ MABIKAs Foundation-The Netherlands
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch followed by FAREWELL.